Tom Keegan

Meier mature, classy
By Tom Keegan
November 21, 2009
With all the mud-slinging flying through the eight years of Mark Mangino’s soon-to-end reign as coach of the Kansas University football team hogging the headlines, it ought to come as no surprise that one man standing above the fray is a guy who always has managed to sound a voice of reason and conduct himself with class and maturity.
What if KU stuns Texas?
By Tom Keegan
November 20, 2009
In theory, Central Arkansas could have defeated No. 1 Kansas on Thursday night in Allen Fieldhouse. The Bears didn’t, losing 94-44, but since they played on the same basketball court under the same rules, a victory was within the realm of possibility.
Mangino wins games, not friends
By Tom Keegan
November 18, 2009
When he coached his team to an Orange Bowl victory and a 12-1 record just two seasons ago, he was fiery, a western Pennsylvania, blue-collar underdog who made it big and never forgot his roots.
Center Aldrich steady
By Tom Keegan
November 18, 2009
Xavier Henry missed shots, froze the offense by keeping the ball too long and at times was sloppy.
Women put on a show
By Tom Keegan
November 16, 2009
Look for Allen Fieldhouse crowd counts to climb from Sunday’s figure (3,860) once word spreads throughout town about just how captivating a show sixth-year Kansas University coach Bonnie Henrickson’s best team puts on.
Kansas seniors deserved better
By Tom Keegan
November 15, 2009
In some ways, it seemed like just yesterday that Todd Reesing stretched his arms and started tossing a football on the sideline, warming up to rip off his red shirt, save a sinking game and, as it turned out, push a tradition-poor football program to new heights.
Kansas proves unselfish
By Tom Keegan
November 14, 2009
The fear, expressed often by those who pin a large chunk of their happiness on the outcome of Kansas University basketball games, was this year’s team would be so deep there wouldn’t be enough minutes to go around.
Robinson not just a ‘motor’
By Tom Keegan
November 11, 2009
One of the coolest things about the game Dr. James Naismith invented in Springfield, Mass., as it’s played today, is that no two players are alike.
KU ’09 like ’07? Hardly
By Tom Keegan
November 9, 2009
A popular opinion heading into this football season espoused the belief that this Kansas University team would be just as good as the 2007 version, but would not be able to duplicate its 12-1 record because that team played a softer conference schedule than this one. It sounded reasonable enough at the time, but it has played out wrong on both counts.
K-State wins by not losing
By Tom Keegan
November 8, 2009
Sometimes the best way to win a football game is by not losing it.
Reesing’s impact huge
By Tom Keegan
12:00 a.m., November 7, 2009 Updated 10:24 a.m.
It won’t be until next year, when Todd Reesing is gone, that it will become clear how much of the growth of the Kansas University football program can be attributed to improved recruiting and how much to having a once-in-a-generation quarterback. The answer lies somewhere in the middle.
FSHS seniors different
By Tom Keegan
November 5, 2009
An old-school coach who has his rules and believes in sticking to them with his Free State High soccer teams, Jason Pendleton usually doesn’t keep more than eight seniors on his boys soccer team. In part because there was little normal about the dedication of this senior class, Pendleton kept 11.
Johnson provides suspense
By Tom Keegan
November 4, 2009
Given the presence of softies on a nonconference schedule that features Allen Fieldhouse visitors Central Arkansas, Tennessee Tech and Alcorn State, the crowd will need something other than suspense to stave off daydreaming.
Meier could be answer
By Tom Keegan
November 2, 2009
If Todd Reesing doesn’t show enough in practice to prove he’s fully healthy, then the right choice for QB, obviously, is senior receiver Kerry Meier.
QB playing hurt, and it clearly shows
By Tom Keegan
November 1, 2009
Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino has his reasons for keeping injuries a secret. Knowing a player is hurt can change the way the opposition prepares its game plan. Dirty players might even want to aim for the injured guy’s aching body part.

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